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Thiruvananthapuram: The early months of this year seemed to signal a slow but sure crawl back towards its bustling days of the past for India’s tech stronghold Bengaluru, but another wave of coronavirus has dealt a debilitating blow to those hopes. A sense of alarm pervaded India’s own Silicon Valley after state chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa announced a 14-day ‘close-down’, as he called it, starting Tuesday midnight. “The virus is spreading aggressively across the state. It is worse than in Maharashtra and Delhi. From tomorrow (Tuesday), for 14 days, there will be strict measures ...

"The pandemic has worsened in the country...There is a serious rise in cases," Paul told reporters. India added 96,982 new infections on Tuesday to reach a total of 12.7 million cases. It also registered 446 new deaths taking its toll to 165,547. So why are cases rising in India? The spurt comes after months of gradual decline, which prompted scientists to ask why cases were dropping when there was no such trend around the world. Global coronavirus figures are not encouraging either. Coronavirus-related deaths worldwide crossed 3 million on Tuesday and a global resurgence of COVID-19 infectio...

Door-to-door campaigns will help create awareness on benefits of vaccination: Doctors Share Via Email   |  A+A A- By Express News Service BENGALURU: Vaccination against Covid-19 is safe, and the sooner people take their shots, the faster the goal of herd immunity will be achieved, senior doctors say. Vaccination is a process that will lead to herd immunity, said Dr Jagadish Hiremath, medical director at Ace Multi-specialty Hospital. “But this will take time and will require at least 70% of the population to get vaccinated,” he said. Member of the state’s Critical Care Support Te...

Recovered Covid patients may be immune to new virus strains A recent study published in Nature found that the immune systems of people who recover from Covid-19 may evolve to fight different strains of SARS-CoV-2.  Share Via Email   |  A+A A- Express News Service BENGALURU: A recent study published in Nature found that the immune systems of people who recover from Covid-19 may evolve to fight different strains of SARS-CoV-2. Experts in Karnataka explain that it could occur as the memory B cells of the immune system remember the nature of the virus and are likely to modify their respon...